The CNN Belief Blog recently had a helpful primer on prayer in Islam. If you don’t know much about how and why Muslims pray each day, I would encourage you to read it.
A Quick Primer on Prayer (Salat) in Islam
March 27, 2011 by Dustin
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Some trivia for you. There are some minor differences between Shias and Sunnis regarding salat. The most interesting is probably the tradition of prostrating on a small amount of soil from Karbala. It’s called a Turba. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Turbah